#8A9939#8A9939

#8A9939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.122 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9939
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(69, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 62.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -19.16, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 50.95, 112.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0561 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.122 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6114, 28.4814, 8.1764)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9939 #483999

analogous

#997839 #8A9939 #5A9939

triadic

#8A9939 #398A99 #99398A

tetradic

#8A9939 #399978 #483999 #99395A

square

#8A9939 #399978 #483999 #99395A

split-complementary

#8A9939 #395A99 #783999

monochromatic

#3A4018 #626C28 #8A9939 #ADBE51 #C2CF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#8A9939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#8A9939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9939

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9939	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.122 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb774',
    500: '#8a9939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9939;
$custom-light: #aeb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.375,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65134,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9939

secondary

#8076B8

accent

#52D567

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9939

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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